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Direct linkLouv, Richard – National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 2006
Leading economists conclude that investments in young children may be the best way to stimulate economic growth, and investments in young children's social and emotional development may be the most productive of these investments. The science base for these conclusions comes from two independent streams of research: neuroscience and developmental…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Low Income, Young Children, Economic Impact
Peer reviewedNix, Mary – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2000
Examines the conflict between two diametrically opposed child advocacy groups as a result of a legislative initiative in North Carolina known as Smart Start. At issue was funding of model day care centers, reduction of staff-to-child ratios in day care centers, and child immunizations. Chronicles the conflict and highlights group tactics. (SD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Advocacy, Children, Day Care
Download full textGlennie, Elizabeth J.; Stearns, Elizabeth – Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University (NJ1), 2002
A recent study of ninth- and tenth-grade dropouts in North Carolina shows that Hispanic adolescents have the highest early dropout rate among the state's largest ethnic groups. This relationship persists when boys and girls are analyzed separately: Hispanic boys are more likely to drop out early than other boys are, and Hispanic girls are more…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropout Rate, Ethnic Groups, Dropouts
Sparling, Joseph, Ed.; And Others – 1978
Workshop sessions focusing on the issue of collaboration between health care services and day care services are documented in this report. The keynote address elaborates the thesis that day care programs should provide therapeutic care, particularly primary health care for ill children and staff, and assistance in obtaining secondary care. In…
Descriptors: Child Development, College Curriculum, Cooperation, Day Care
Musewicz, John; And Others – 1983
In this paper changes in labor force participation for women in North Carolina are examined and projected into the future. The projections demonstrate that the number of employed females, especially mothers, will be much greater in the future than at present. Thus, the issues related to female labor force participation will be even more salient in…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Attainment, Employed Women
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. Center for Early Adolescence. – 1985
This booklet records a series of conference presentations and group discussions about a growing problem in the United States: the increasing number of young adolescents in the 10- to 15-year age range who do not have adult supervision after school. Participants identified current program initiatives, policy barriers to increasing and improving…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Centers, After School Programs, Child Abuse
